With our midnight deadline coming up fast, I wanted to share this heartbreaking statistic: 

Almost 5,000 wish kids are currently waiting for their wishes to be granted this summer –  it’s our busiest and costliest wish-granting season of the entire year. It’s also the time of the year when we tend to see support from this community slow down the most.

That’s why it’s so important to make a Summer of Wishes donation early today to make sure we can keep up with this high demand of wishes, but it looks like you haven't had a chance to give for wish kids yet:

Make-A-Wish^® Supporter: [email protected]
Early Summer of Wishes Donation: PENDING
Deadline: Midnight Tonight

When you make a gift today, you will be supporting kids like 6-year-old Josie, who is growing up with congenital heart disease. Ever since she was 2 years old, all she wanted was to make new friends – but her illness has made that a challenge.

So when we asked Josie what her biggest wish would be, she knew right away: to build her very own "nature playground" where she and five new friends could play in the summer sunshine. Now, she helps connect other kids in her small town to their own new friends, too!

We can’t grant wishes like Josie’s without your help. That’s why coming through for the kids still waiting for wishes this summer is so important – but we’re still short of our 450-donor goal, and time is running out ahead of tonight's midnight deadline. 

Will you rush a gift now for kids like Josie who are still in need of the hope, strength and joy that can only be found in a wish?

Thank you for supporting children who face critical illnesses. Your generosity makes a world of  difference.

Becca Blader
Make-A-Wish